SS 1 Government 1st Term Exam
  • 1. 1. A person who act with de-jure authority acts on ______
A) Based on the power he has in his office
B) On behalf of others who have assigned him
C) Act on behalf of the followers because he want to lead them right
D) Behalf of himself because he think he could do so
  • 2. 2. Which of the following is not a component of political culture?
A) Emotions
B) Age
C) Beliefs
D) Societal values
  • 3. 3. Which of the following is not the function of the government?
A) Defence of territory from external attacks
B) Maintenance of relations with other states
C) Provision of free Education
D) Provision of all the material needs of all citizens
  • 4. 4. Forms of power which is derived from the people and the Constitution is ______
A) Political power
B) Executive power
C) Military power
D) Physical power
  • 5. 5. The right to freedom of speech means that people are free to ______
A) Participate in government
B) Express opinions within the limits of the law
C) Express anything they like about government
D) Disobey the government of the day
  • 6. 6. A state is a special form of human association because it ______
A) Has a government
B) Can punish law breakers
C) Has a legitimate monopoly of life and death penalties over its citizens
D) Has a constitution approved by the citizens
  • 7. 7. A citizen expresses loyalty to his nation by ______
A) Singing the national anthem when required
B) Supporting political parties
C) Participating in sport
D) Lobbying for ministerial appointment
  • 8. 8. The institution through which government discharge responsibilities is known as _____
A) Organs of government
B) Political party
C) National assembly
D) Pressure groups
  • 9. 9. The following are types of Sovereignty except _____
A) Delegated Sovereignty
B) Legal Sovereignty
C) De-facto Sovereignty
D) Internal Sovereignty
  • 10. 10. Which of the following is related to government as a process of governing?
A) Abrogation of Fundamental Human Rights
B) The role of pressure groups within the state
C) Disagreement between state and local governments
D) Implementation and adjudication of law
  • 11. 11. In a democracy, political Sovereignty resides with the ______
A) Electorate
B) Military
C) Legislature
D) President
  • 12. 12. Right to rule based on norms, customs and conventions of the people is referred to as ______
A) Rational authority
B) Legal authority
C) Traditional authority
D) Charismatic authority
  • 13. 13. A political concept that is composed of the attitudes, beliefs, emotions and values of a society is called _____
A) Political socialization
B) Political authority
C) Political party
D) Political culture
  • 14. 14. The scholar who defined sovereignty as an absolute power vested in one authority was ______
A) Baron Montesquieu
B) Jean Bodin
C) John Austin
D) A.V. Dicey
  • 15. 15. Obedience to the laws of the state is a part of one's _____
A) Requirements
B) Duties
C) Rights
D) Privileges
  • 16. 16. Power can be described as the _____
A) Capacity to compel or influence others to act in a certain way
B) Ability of legislature to delegate its right of law-making to another body
C) Capacity of the government to encourage communities to embark on self-help projects
D) Ability of the he executive to encourage pressure groups to go on strike
  • 17. 17. The two components of Sovereignty are
A) The rule of law and fundamental human rights
B) Political power and political authority
C) Influence and political authority
D) Political Independence and supreme authority of the state within its territory
  • 18. 18. Government is defined as ______
A) A machinery established by the state to organise, manage its affairs and administer its function
B) A body of people employed to use power over the citizens
C) A group of leaders that fights for the interest of their followers
D) A machinery established to punish offenders
  • 19. 19. A government is legitimate if it _____
A) Provides social services for the people
B) Comes to power through a coup d'etat
C) Has the mandate of the people to rule
D) Is not oppressive
  • 20. 20. The study of government offers individual all the following except a ______
A) Training to become a judge
B) Knowledge on the process of government
C) Training on good Citizenship
D) Basis of career opportunities
  • 21. 21. Sovereignty implies all the following except _____
A) The supremacy of the political parties
B) Unlimited power of a state to make and enforce laws
C) A state of political Independence
D) The highest authority in a state
  • 22. 22. Popular Sovereignty is located in the ______
A) Opinion leaders
B) Police
C) Military
D) Electorate
  • 23. 23. Which of the following is a basic component of political culture?
A) Cultural development
B) Cultural design
C) Cultural display
D) Cognitive orientation
  • 24. 24. The Citizenship of a country may be acquired by _____
A) Neutralization
B) Naturalization
C) Decolonization
D) Nationalization
  • 25. 25. Government as an academic field of study refers to the _____
A) President and his ministers
B) Membership for f international organizations
C) Working of the organs of government
D) Study of political institutions and processes
  • 26. 26. A state performs all the following functions except ______
A) Promoting the welfare of the citizens
B) Encouraging trade with other states
C) Encouraging the struggle for power
D) Providing social services
  • 27. 27. Which of the following groups has a compulsory membership?
A) State
B) Community
C) Club
D) Society
  • 28. 28. A government which has the ability to compel its citizens to obedience is said to be exercising ______
A) Authority
B) Coercion
C) Legitimacy
D) Power
  • 29. 29. A government's supreme power to demand obedience from its citizens demonstrates the notion of _____
A) Separation of power
B) Sovereignty
C) Parliamentary supremacy
D) Rule of law
  • 30. 30. A form of government that places political power in the hands of a few people is _____
A) Oligarchy
B) Authoritarianism
C) Feudalism
D) Parliamentary government
  • 31. 31. Government as the act of governing means the ______
A) Act of vetoing bill
B) Activities of pressure groups and political parties
C) Activities by which government policies are made and implemented
D) Orders of judiciary and legislature
  • 32. 32. The legislative organ of government is the body which _____
A) Punishes the law breakers
B) Interprets the law
C) Implement laws and policies
D) Makes the law
  • 33. 33. A sovereign state is one
A) Where its citizens can speak without fear or favour
B) In which sovereignty is invested in the military
C) Whose government decisions are made independent of foreign interference
D) Whose citizens are free to avoid responsibilities
  • 34. 34. Power is transformed into authority through _____
A) Force
B) Legitimacy
C) Influence
D) Inheritance
  • 35. 35. It is not the duty or obligations of a citizen to _____
A) Register for election
B) Defend the country from attacks
C) Check the activities of the government
D) Report any criminal acts
  • 36. 36. The body that makes law and enforces same in the state is the ______
A) Government sovereignty
B) Legal Sovereignty
C) Political Sovereignty
D) Military Sovereignty
  • 37. 37. Location of a sovereignty in a state include _____
A) All of the above
B) In a federal state
C) In a Unitary state
D) In a monarch
  • 38. 38. A form of government where the best citizens rule is ______
A) Unitary
B) Plutocracy
C) Aristocracy
D) Oligarchy
  • 39. 39. A form of government where the state is ruled by the wealthy class is _______
A) Theocracy
B) Plutocracy
C) Autocracy
D) Aristocracy
  • 40. 40. The primary function of the government in a state is to _____
A) Build schools and hospitals
B) Imprison criminals
C) Provide transport services
D) Maintain law and order
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